Thread 713015562

Is it even possible to Arcades have a comeback?

Its very clear you're too young to have experienced arcades.
They were a shithole back in the day, infested with heaps of subhumans spending unending hours there, bullying people, and being a nuisance.
I dont even want to think what they'd be like nowadays given the amount of subhumans has multiplied.

>>713015562 (OP)
>Is it even possible to Arcades have a comeback?
Sorry Ranjeet, but it's not because most people don't want to go out to play video games, they'd rather stay at home and play them there

With games becoming more and more expensive, it's a possibility.
>>713015787
Also this

>>713015787
Certain cities have bustling arcade cultures still, mostly centered around Pinball cabinets.

>>713015562 (OP)
Imagine all the vandalism and fights that would inevitably break out.
No thanks.

>>713015562 (OP)
If it features sluts like these then definitely

Arcades still exist, retard. They're just like how they've always been.

>>713015562 (OP)
Many arcades would have girls just like this. Just swipe your credit card through their buttcrack and you can start pounding.

Just move to Japan.

>>713015562 (OP)
The problem with arcades in the west is 95% of the time they're run by an angloid boomer who thinks Pacman and Centipede are the peak of arcade games.

>>713015562 (OP)
I'd like to play with her joystick.

>>713015562 (OP)
>>713016069
Nope, like this anon said we are not a high trust society any more. If even major retailers are locking up normal basic goods, there's no way people would be able to control themselves when things are getting competitive

>>713016278
This.
Also they're very cute.

>>713016278
Even the attendants response is autistic as fuck lmao. Idk why theyre like this but god i love them

local arcade closed recently

>>713015562 (OP)
No and good riddance.

>>713015562 (OP)
I still have a local arcade that's pretty good. They have some Japanese shit as well. The main issue is that sometimes niggers come and vandalize the bathroom and on occasion even a machine by putting their stupid ape scribble on them. I fucking hate niggers so much, and negrified Mexicans as well. Other than that, it's a pretty chill place to go. Occasionally still pop in and play for a couple of hours when I get the chance. Arcades are just genuinely magical and I'm glad people are still trying to keep them alive.

>>713015787
>they suck if you live in a nonwhite area
okay but so does literally everything else

>>713015562 (OP)
Built for BBC.

>>713016278
The story behind this is crazy.
>employee is amateur JAV actress
>disappeared from the scene
>japanons wondering where she went
>they see this snippet
>figure out she got pregnant
>they internally seethe because she no longer is making porn

>>713016278
>Autistic girl has a huge ass
>Employee protects her prego belly
This webm is like an onion.

>>713015562 (OP)
They're still around, but they're mostly barcades. You've also got chains like Dave & Busters and Round 1.

>>713015815
>Sorry Ranjeet
Are indians just saying this shit so we will get exhausted by it and start tolerating indians like we did with SJWs and woke?

>>713017925
D&B is almost entirely normie redemption games and literal phone games but on larger screens. Round1 is much of the same but they at least have a large selection of japanese rhythm games which is nice.

>>713016504
Japanese autists are a different breed.
I was an English teacher over there for a few months and there were a bunch of autistic kids at my schools.

One girl was completely unaware of any social bullshit and would go up to my laptop and fuck around with the keys when I was giving a presentation. After about 3 instances of this the students (4th graders) would just grab her and take her back to her seat.

Shit was hillarious.

>>713015787
I grew up in Canada and this isn't true. Arcades were full of people minding their own business and for the most part were friendly. It sounds like America is just a shithole.

>>713015562 (OP)
krauts have a pretty decent arcade scene

>>713015787
>Too young to have experienced arcades
idk about that entirely because I just went to one of those arcades where you pay an up front fee and all the machines are on free play and there were plenty of families and zoomers there.
Maybe not in the exact same way as before but definitely still possible. Although most of them are subjected to the really shit ones that pull the same shit Japan does to skirt around gambling laws so that kids use a card and play some time-based nerf shooting gallery, mobile games and other shit to farm tickets or straight up gamble quarters on coin pushers.

>>713018264
Haven't been to a Dave & Busters in ages. But the last time I went there was a Fruit Ninja touchscreen game along with what appeared to be a MAME cabinet hooked up to a huge screen. I remember really wanting to visit Round 1 when it was one of the only places that had Initial D arcade cabinets.

you don't have a arcade close? let me guess, probably no go karts or laser tag? maybe even a kinoplex? lol what shithole do you live in?

>>713017925
Been to most of these Barcades about 10 years ago and they were pretty comfy. St Marks was the most comfy.

>>713019845
God, I've learned to hate fucking laser tag. as a team building exercise, my boss drags the whole office to laser tag instead of organizing a normal Christmas partychristmas party. every single year for 6 years now.

>>713016464
Entered this thread to request this pic, thanks anon.

I worked in an arcade for a year in 2008 (until close) and I loved it mostly. Loved the games. Loved the "hardcore communities" around Tekken, Soul Calibur, and Maximum Tune. Loved the kids (no pedo).

Parents were always a nightmare though. Like if its so shit stop coming here. I didn't make your kid dump his entire evening in Smokin Token. Yes you could get 50x more plastic dinos from China for 25% the price what are we doing here this isn't an original thought.

>>713015787
Sounds like you just grew up in a shitty town. We never had this problem, but we also didn't have to lock up our vending machines.

What makes for a compelling arcade now that video games at home and even mobile are commonplace?

>>713022742
Nothing, which is why they are dead.

>>713017925
Redemption game cancer isn't arcade games

>>713022742
A physical space to hang out with people that share your autistic interests. Play full size rhythm games like DDR or IIDX and racing sim cabs like Maximum Tune/Initial-D.

I'd like to find an arcade with a working Hang-On machine, and a girl with a skirt riding it

>>713018264
As far as mobile games go, the Asphalt cab is pretty cool.

https://youtu.be/rc2vBQ0Oqhg?si=depplnU8ZAfxkXq9

But none of these places have the online configured to save your stuff tho, so your just playing the same early shit from the start anytime you play.

>>713015562 (OP)
Do you like negroes or street shitters? Then you're going to love arcades anon.

>>713017925
I've went to the Manhattan years ago. Most of the machines were sticky from spilled drinks and some broken.

>>713015562 (OP)
Depends on the area you live in. There's a bunch of tech youtubers that run arcades in the US.
8-bit guy's brother runs the Time Rift Arcade in Texas. John from John's Arcade isn't making youtube videos anymore, but he's still loaning his cabinets to an arcade in Portland (I think?).
There's a bunch of other guys that I don't remember right now.. They do however know their shit and have some of the best / rarest cabinets out there.

>>713016278
ahhhHHHH I NEED A TURBO AUTIST JAP GIRLFRIEND
WITH FEET PREFERABLY

>new arcade opened up near me
>it's a "20 bucks to enter, games are all set to freeplay" kinda deal
>pretty cool place, ~100 games, good variety of genres, no ticket bullshit
>it's the first week and already 5 cabinets are "under maintenance" (i.e. broken)
I hope they survive

>>713028301
We had one in my area but it died due to covid. I only went once but it was in very good condition and a fun time.

>>713028301
That's pretty much normal for retro arcades nowadays. Lots of cabinets were produced on the cheap and are pushing 30-40 years of service or sitting in some storage area. Shit breaks down all the fucking time.

>>713028573
Myeh I can imagine.
I was already surprised their Time Crisis 2 machine still had functional force feedback slides on -both- guns.
They had a lot of cabinets with non-generic hardware (pic related), so getting spare parts will probably be a pain in the ass.

>>713015787
not to mention cigarette smoke

>>713015562 (OP)
There is a place about 10 minutes from my house with 20+ pinball machines and no arcade cabinets.

no because they shoved everyone inside with their own personal arcades i.e. nintendo/xbox/sony/pc

>>713028970
golgo had a arcade machine?

>>713015787
>if you lived in a shithole arcades were a shithole
Well yeah, but so were grocery stores, bowling alleys, convenience stores, etc

>>713029096
A place I lived had about 20 pinball machines and about the same amount of arcade cabinets. Problem was, all of the cabinets were in complete disrepair because of drunk idiots smashing the sticks and buttons, and none of the college kids the place hired knew how to fix it. A shame because for the first year it was a good arcade but after a while it was just a place for university kids to go get drunk and play pinball for an hour.

>>713028970
From the repair videos people are posting it's mostly leaking capacitors, faulty power supplies, or old CRTs giving out.
CRTs are the biggest problem, because they will eventually become too dim or suffer from extreme burn in, and they're not making any new ones.

>>713015562 (OP)
baseball stadium has an arcade with Mario Kat.

>>713015562 (OP)
No because videogames are art now

>/>713029932
both of your threads died, go away

I only feel at home sitting at a versus city

>>713017484
Who's the actress

>>713030156
i should play star castle

Not too long ago I tried Arcade Paradise, I didn't pay for it and I still got scammed

>>713019658
Round 1 near me just in the last two weeks appears to have rearranged everything and 40% of the machines don't work and 85% of the crane games were empty (and since it is NJ the only game type they are allowed is the actual pick up crane, nothing like the ping pong drop, rings, or platform / rods).
They got rid of the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5DX+ cabs apparently so now it is just Initial D Arcade Stage 5 I think (and one was down and the rest weren't even taking swipes)

>>713015562 (OP)
They do work in Japan

Arcades still exist and people still go to them, but they are just very unpopular now, and I doubt an arcade is ever going to have a comeback after the home entertainment systems were invented, these consoles were specifically invented to replace the arcade, that's literally why consoles exist, the concept is that now you can buy an entire game for a single price and then you get to keep the game forever and you no longer need to pay a quarter to play a game once and then pay another quarter to respawn every time you die, lol.

>>713015787
I have never once had this happen. We went regularly so several arcades in the 90's and they were busy but people were having fun. Only downside is that they were loud.

>>713029713
Yeah the place by me is called north coast pinball and its one guy who runs it and he's always got one machine open that he's working on. The place stays busy but I'm worried that it's gonna go out of business because I'm she he doesn't make very much money.

>>713015562 (OP)
no

>>713015787
that's wild did you live in a ghetto or something my experience with arcades was way nicer than that

>>713030654
Japan is all gacha machines now a days

>>713031223
i fucking hate gacha so much god damn it

>>713030289
Anon just made that the fuck up.

>>713029096
>Twilight Zone and The Getaway: High Speed II
I shouldn't comment because my local arcade has a lot of top tier pins, but I'm still envious

>>713017484
What drives people to make up random shit like this?

>>713015562 (OP)
would

>>713015562 (OP)
arcades filled with skilled based games? rent prices wont allow that
99% coin pushers and other scam tourist games? might break even